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	{{nihongo\|'''Masaharu Sato'''\|佐藤正治\|Satō Masaharu}}, born July 1, 1946 in Ōta (Tokyo), is a Japanese voice actor and narrator working for [[wikipedia:Aoni Production\|Aoni Production]].		{{nihongo\|'''Masaharu Sato'''\|佐藤正治\|Satō Masaharu}}, born July 1, 1946 in Ōta (Tokyo), is a Japanese voice actor and narrator working for [[wikipedia:Aoni Production\|Aoni Production]].

	In '''[[Detective Conan]]''', he voices [[Jirokichi Suzuki]], following the death of [[Kosei Tomita]] in 2020, but has also voiced minor characters. In [[Gosho Aoyama]]'s first series '''[[Yaiba]]''', he ~~voices~~ [[Musashi Miyamoto]].		In '''[[Detective Conan]]''', he voices [[Jirokichi Suzuki]], following the death of [[Kosei Tomita]] in 2020, but has also voiced minor characters. In [[Gosho Aoyama]]'s first series '''[[Yaiba]]''', he voiced [[Musashi Miyamoto]].

	== Biography ==		== Biography ==
	Masaharu Sato started his acting career by joining a children's theater company as a child actor<ref name="A">https://radichubu.jp/kamiya/contents/id=28542</ref>. He later joined the drama club in junior high and high school, and in his first year of high school, he took the lead role and won fifth place in a metropolitan competition<ref name="A"/>.		Masaharu Sato started his acting career by joining a children's theater company as a child actor<ref name="A">https://radichubu.jp/kamiya/contents/id=28542</ref>. He later joined the drama club in junior high and high school, and in his first year of high school, he took the lead role and won fifth place in a metropolitan competition<ref name="A"/>.

	He continued to act when he was a student at [[wikipedia:Komazawa University\|Komazawa University]]'s Faculty of Commerce<ref name="Aoni"/>, but dropped out of college to form a theater group, and after attending the Aoyama Sugisaku Memorial Actor Training School<ref name="Aoni"/>, he joined the theater company Sogen<ref name="Aoni"/>, where he worked part-time while working as a stage actor<ref name="A"/>. Later, [[Akira Kamiya]], who was a member of the same drama club at the same high school<ref>[https://twitter.com/kamiyaakira29/status/883272205638877185 Akira Kamiya - X]</ref> and had started voice acting, asked him if he would like to try it. He was married and went in for an interview without an exam, thinking that he ~~will~~ "give it a try," and joined Aoni Productions and began ~~her~~ career as a voice actor<ref name="A"/>,<ref name="Aoni"/>.		He continued to act when he was a student at [[wikipedia:Komazawa University\|Komazawa University]]'s Faculty of Commerce<ref name="Aoni"/>, but dropped out of college to form a theater group, and after attending the Aoyama Sugisaku Memorial Actor Training School<ref name="Aoni"/>, he joined the theater company Sogen<ref name="Aoni"/>, where he worked part-time while working as a stage actor<ref name="A"/>. Later, [[Akira Kamiya]], who was a member of the same drama club at the same high school<ref>[https://twitter.com/kamiyaakira29/status/883272205638877185 Akira Kamiya - X]</ref> and had started voice acting, asked him if he would like to try it. He was married and went in for an interview without an exam, thinking that he would "give it a try," and joined Aoni Productions and began his career as a voice actor<ref name="A"/>,<ref name="Aoni"/>.

	In the TV animation "[[wikipedia:Galaxy Express 999\|The Galaxy Express 999]]", ~~that~~ ran from 1978 to 1981, he was a regular on the show and had the opportunity to take on various roles, which opened his eyes to the fun of voice acting<ref name="Aoni"/>. After "Galaxy Express 999," he was selected for a major role, and since then his roles have been connected one after another<ref name="Aoni"/>. He joined the ''Yaiba'' voice cast in 1993 as the voice of Musashi Miyamoto. He participated in ''Detective Conan'' for the first time in 1996 as the ~~cuplrit~~ in [[The Coded Map of the City Case\|episode 4: The Coded Map of the City Case]], and would play many one-time characters in the series. In December 2022, he ~~gets~~ his first notable role in ''Detective Conan'', in [[The First Target\|episode 12]] of the [[The Culprit Hanzawa Season 1\|Hanzawa the Criminal]] anime as the voice of Jirokichi Suzuki.		In the TV animation "[[wikipedia:Galaxy Express 999\|The Galaxy Express 999]]", which ran from 1978 to 1981, he was a regular on the show and had the opportunity to take on various roles, which opened his eyes to the fun of voice acting<ref name="Aoni"/>. After "Galaxy Express 999," he was selected for a major role, and since then, his roles have been connected one after another<ref name="Aoni"/>. He joined the ''Yaiba'' voice cast in 1993 as the voice of Musashi Miyamoto. He participated in ''Detective Conan'' for the first time in 1996 as the culprit in [[The Coded Map of the City Case\|episode 4: The Coded Map of the City Case]], and would play many one-time characters in the series. In December 2022, he got his first notable role in ''Detective Conan'', in [[The First Target\|episode 12]] of the [[The Culprit Hanzawa Season 1\|Hanzawa the Criminal]] anime as the voice of Jirokichi Suzuki.

	He is a lecturer at the [[wikipedia:Osaka University of Arts\|Osaka University of Arts]], Department of Broadcasting, Voice Acting Course<ref>[http://www.osaka-geidai.ac.jp/geidai/departments/broadcasting/teacher.html Osaka University of Arts]</ref>. He is good friends with fellow voice actors Akira Kamiya ([[Kogoro Mouri]] in DC) and [[Ryo Horikawa]] ([[Heiji Hattori]] in DC and [[Takeshi Onimaru]] in Yaiba). His younger brother [[wikipedia:ja:佐藤公彦\|Kimihiko Sato]] (佐藤公彦, 1952-2017) was a singer.		He is a lecturer at the [[wikipedia:Osaka University of Arts\|Osaka University of Arts]], Department of Broadcasting, Voice Acting Course<ref>[http://www.osaka-geidai.ac.jp/geidai/departments/broadcasting/teacher.html Osaka University of Arts]</ref>. He is good friends with fellow voice actors Akira Kamiya ([[Kogoro Mouri]] in DC) and [[Ryo Horikawa]] ([[Heiji Hattori]] in DC and [[Takeshi Onimaru]] in Yaiba). His younger brother [[wikipedia:ja:佐藤公彦\|Kimihiko Sato]] (佐藤公彦, 1952-2017) was a singer.

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	Masaharu Sato started his acting career by joining a children's theater company as a child actor<ref name="A">https://radichubu.jp/kamiya/contents/id=28542</ref>. He later joined the drama club in junior high and high school, and in his first year of high school, he took the lead role and won fifth place in a metropolitan competition<ref name="A"/>.		Masaharu Sato started his acting career by joining a children's theater company as a child actor<ref name="A">https://radichubu.jp/kamiya/contents/id=28542</ref>. He later joined the drama club in junior high and high school, and in his first year of high school, he took the lead role and won fifth place in a metropolitan competition<ref name="A"/>.

	He continued to act when he was a student at [[wikipedia:Komazawa University\|Komazawa University]]'s Faculty of Commerce<ref name="Aoni"/>, but dropped out of college to form a theater group, and after attending the Aoyama Sugisaku Memorial Actor Training School<ref name="Aoni"/>, he joined the theater company Sogen<ref name="Aoni"/>, where he worked part-time while working as a stage actor<ref name="A"/>. Later, [[Akira Kamiya]], who was a member of the same drama club at the same high school<ref>[https://twitter.com/kamiyaakira29/status/883272205638877185 Akira Kamiya ~~Twitter~~]</ref> and had started voice acting, asked him if he would like to try it. He was married and went in for an interview without an exam, thinking that he will "give it a try," and joined Aoni Productions and began her career as a voice actor<ref name="A"/>,<ref name="Aoni"/>.		He continued to act when he was a student at [[wikipedia:Komazawa University\|Komazawa University]]'s Faculty of Commerce<ref name="Aoni"/>, but dropped out of college to form a theater group, and after attending the Aoyama Sugisaku Memorial Actor Training School<ref name="Aoni"/>, he joined the theater company Sogen<ref name="Aoni"/>, where he worked part-time while working as a stage actor<ref name="A"/>. Later, [[Akira Kamiya]], who was a member of the same drama club at the same high school<ref>[https://twitter.com/kamiyaakira29/status/883272205638877185 Akira Kamiya - X]</ref> and had started voice acting, asked him if he would like to try it. He was married and went in for an interview without an exam, thinking that he will "give it a try," and joined Aoni Productions and began her career as a voice actor<ref name="A"/>,<ref name="Aoni"/>.

	In the TV animation "[[wikipedia:Galaxy Express 999\|The Galaxy Express 999]]", that ran from 1978 to 1981, he was a regular on the show and had the opportunity to take on various roles, which opened his eyes to the fun of voice acting<ref name="Aoni"/>. After "Galaxy Express 999," he was selected for a major role, and since then his roles have been connected one after another<ref name="Aoni"/>. He joined the ''Yaiba'' voice cast in 1993 as the voice of Musashi Miyamoto. He participated in ''Detective Conan'' for the first time in 1996 as the cuplrit in [[The Coded Map of the City Case\|episode 4: The Coded Map of the City Case]], and would play many one-time characters in the series. In December 2022, he gets his first notable role in ''Detective Conan'', in [[The First Target\|episode 12]] of the [[The Culprit Hanzawa Season 1\|Hanzawa the Criminal]] anime as the voice of Jirokichi Suzuki.		In the TV animation "[[wikipedia:Galaxy Express 999\|The Galaxy Express 999]]", that ran from 1978 to 1981, he was a regular on the show and had the opportunity to take on various roles, which opened his eyes to the fun of voice acting<ref name="Aoni"/>. After "Galaxy Express 999," he was selected for a major role, and since then his roles have been connected one after another<ref name="Aoni"/>. He joined the ''Yaiba'' voice cast in 1993 as the voice of Musashi Miyamoto. He participated in ''Detective Conan'' for the first time in 1996 as the cuplrit in [[The Coded Map of the City Case\|episode 4: The Coded Map of the City Case]], and would play many one-time characters in the series. In December 2022, he gets his first notable role in ''Detective Conan'', in [[The First Target\|episode 12]] of the [[The Culprit Hanzawa Season 1\|Hanzawa the Criminal]] anime as the voice of Jirokichi Suzuki.

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	# [https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=3099 Anime News Network]		# [https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=3099 Anime News Network]
	~~<references/>~~		{{reflist}}

	{{DEFAULTSORT:Sato, Masaharu}}		{{DEFAULTSORT:Sato, Masaharu}}

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	{{nihongo\|'''Masaharu Sato'''\|佐藤正治\|Satō Masaharu}}, born July 1, 1946 in Ōta (Tokyo), is a Japanese voice actor and narrator working for [[wikipedia:Aoni Production\|Aoni Production]].		{{nihongo\|'''Masaharu Sato'''\|佐藤正治\|Satō Masaharu}}, born July 1, 1946 in Ōta (Tokyo), is a Japanese voice actor and narrator working for [[wikipedia:Aoni Production\|Aoni Production]].

	In '''[[Detective Conan]]''', he voices [[Jirokichi Suzuki]], following the death of [[Kosei Tomita]] in 2020, but has also voiced minor characters. In [[Gosho Aoyama]]'s first series ''[[Yaiba]]'', he voices [[Musashi Miyamoto]].		In '''[[Detective Conan]]''', he voices [[Jirokichi Suzuki]], following the death of [[Kosei Tomita]] in 2020, but has also voiced minor characters. In [[Gosho Aoyama]]'s first series '''[[Yaiba]]''', he voices [[Musashi Miyamoto]].

	== Biography ==		== Biography ==

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	== Other roles in ''Detective Conan'' ==		== Other roles in ''Detective Conan'' ==
	* [[The Coded Map of the City Case]] (~~episode~~ 4): Kawana		* [[The Coded Map of the City Case]] (Episode 4): Kawana
	* [[Conan vs. Kid vs. Yaiba - The Grand Battle for the Treasure Sword!!]] (OVA 1) : Musashi Miyamoto (recurring role from Yaiba)		* [[Conan vs. Kid vs. Yaiba - The Grand Battle for the Treasure Sword!!]] (OVA 1) : Musashi Miyamoto (recurring role from Yaiba)
	* [[The Trembling Police Headquarters: 12 Million Hostages]] (~~episode~~ 304) : Serial bomber's accomplice		* [[The Secret of the High Sales]] (Episode 225) : Store manager
	* [[The Lucky Cigar Case]] (~~episodes~~ 318-319) : Eigo Kasahara		* [[The Trembling Police Headquarters: 12 Million Hostages]] (Episode 304) : Serial bomber's accomplice
	* [[Secret of the Tohto Film Development Studio]] (~~episodes~~ 335-336) : Yoshihiko Negami		* [[The Lucky Cigar Case]] (Episodes 318-319) : Eigo Kasahara
	* [[A Jewel Thief Caught Red-Handed]] (~~episode~~ 401-402) : Atomura		* [[Secret of the Tohto Film Development Studio]] (Episodes 335-336) : Yoshihiko Negami
	* [[The Blind Spot in the Karaoke Box]] (~~episode~~ 507-508) : Tatsumi Moniwa		* [[A Jewel Thief Caught Red-Handed]] (Episode 401-402) : Atomura
	* [[The Scar that Evokes the Past]] (~~episodes~~ 532-535) : Dokuro Kibo		* [[The Blind Spot in the Karaoke Box]] (Episode 507-508) : Tatsumi Moniwa
	* [[Conan & Kid's Battle For Ryoma's Treasure]] (~~episodes~~ 627-628) : Shishihiko Tarumi		* [[The Scar that Evokes the Past]] (Episodes 532-535) : Dokuro Kibo
	* [[The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love]] (~~episodes~~ 681-683) : Ryusaku Fuemoto		* [[Conan & Kid's Battle For Ryoma's Treasure]] (Episodes 627-628) : Shishihiko Tarumi
			* [[The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love]] (Episodes 681-683) : Ryusaku Fuemoto
	* [[The Disappearance of Conan Edogawa: The Worst Two Days in History]] (TV Special) : Foreign man A		* [[The Disappearance of Conan Edogawa: The Worst Two Days in History]] (TV Special) : Foreign man A
	* [[The Antique Tray Can't Be Hidden]] (~~episodes~~ 1018-1020) : Hogen Nishitsu		* [[The Antique Tray Can't Be Hidden]] (Episodes 1018-1020) : Hogen Nishitsu

	== Other roles in ''Yaiba'' ==		== Other roles in ''Yaiba'' ==

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	* ''Dragon Ball Super'' (2015) : Kame-Sennin		* ''Dragon Ball Super'' (2015) : Kame-Sennin
	* ''Tsukimichi'' (2021) : Morris		* ''Tsukimichi'' (2021) : Morris

			== See also ==
			* [[Staff]]

	== References ==		== References ==
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	<references/>		<references/>

	~~== See also ==~~
	* [[Staff]]

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	[[Category:Male Voice Actors]]		[[Category:Japanese Voice Actors]]
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	== References ==		== References ==
	# [[wikipedia~~:ja:佐藤正治 (声優)\|佐藤正治 -~~ Wikipedia]] ~~(Japanese)~~		# [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaharu_Sat%C5%8D Wikipedia]
	# [https://en.~~wikipedia~~.~~org~~/~~wiki~~/~~Masaharu Satō Masaharu Satō - Wikipedia~~] ~~(English)~~		# [https://myanimelist.net/people/5386/Masaharu_Satou MyAnimeList]
			# [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0766493/ IMDB]
	# [https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=3099 Anime News Network]		# [https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=3099 Anime News Network]
	<references/>		<references/>

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	\| place-of-birth = Ōta, Tokyo, Japan<ref name="Aoni">[https://web.archive.org/web/20130716051424/http://www.aoni.co.jp:80/actor/sa/sato-masaharu.html Aoni Production]</ref>		\| place-of-birth = Ōta, Tokyo, Japan<ref name="Aoni">[https://web.archive.org/web/20130716051424/http://www.aoni.co.jp:80/actor/sa/sato-masaharu.html Aoni Production]</ref>
	\| location = Tokyo, Japan		\| location = Tokyo, Japan
	\| voice-of = [[Jirokichi Suzuki]] ([[The Culprit Hanzawa]]; Episode 1105 onwards)		\| voice-of = [[Jirokichi Suzuki]] ([[The Culprit Hanzawa]]; Episode 1105 onwards) <br> [[Musashi Miyamoto]]
	\| nicknames =		\| nicknames =
	\| footnotes =		\| footnotes =

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	He continued to act when he was a student at [[wikipedia:Komazawa University\|Komazawa University]]'s Faculty of Commerce<ref name="Aoni"/>, but dropped out of college to form a theater group, and after attending the Aoyama Sugisaku Memorial Actor Training School<ref name="Aoni"/>, he joined the theater company Sogen<ref name="Aoni"/>, where he worked part-time while working as a stage actor<ref name="A"/>. Later, [[Akira Kamiya]], who was a member of the same drama club at the same high school<ref>[https://twitter.com/kamiyaakira29/status/883272205638877185 Akira Kamiya Twitter]</ref> and had started voice acting, asked him if he would like to try it. He was married and went in for an interview without an exam, thinking that he will "give it a try," and joined Aoni Productions and began her career as a voice actor<ref name="A"/>,<ref name="Aoni"/>.		He continued to act when he was a student at [[wikipedia:Komazawa University\|Komazawa University]]'s Faculty of Commerce<ref name="Aoni"/>, but dropped out of college to form a theater group, and after attending the Aoyama Sugisaku Memorial Actor Training School<ref name="Aoni"/>, he joined the theater company Sogen<ref name="Aoni"/>, where he worked part-time while working as a stage actor<ref name="A"/>. Later, [[Akira Kamiya]], who was a member of the same drama club at the same high school<ref>[https://twitter.com/kamiyaakira29/status/883272205638877185 Akira Kamiya Twitter]</ref> and had started voice acting, asked him if he would like to try it. He was married and went in for an interview without an exam, thinking that he will "give it a try," and joined Aoni Productions and began her career as a voice actor<ref name="A"/>,<ref name="Aoni"/>.

	In the TV animation "[[wikipedia:Galaxy Express 999\|The Galaxy Express 999]]", that ran from 1978 to 1981, he was a regular on the show and had the opportunity to take on various roles, which opened his eyes to the fun of voice acting<ref name="Aoni"/>. After "Galaxy Express 999," he was selected for a major role, and since then his roles have been connected one after another<ref name="Aoni"/>. He joined the ''Yaiba'' voice cast in 1993 as the voice of Musashi Miyamoto. He participated in ''Detective Conan'' for the first time in 1996 as the cuplrit in [[The Coded Map of the City Case\|episode 4: The Coded Map of the City Case]], and would play many one-time characters in the series. In December 2022, he gets his first notable role in ''Detective Conan'', in [[The First Target\|episode 12]] of the [[The Culprit Hanzawa Season 1\|Hanzawa the Criminal]] anime as Jirokichi Suzuki.		In the TV animation "[[wikipedia:Galaxy Express 999\|The Galaxy Express 999]]", that ran from 1978 to 1981, he was a regular on the show and had the opportunity to take on various roles, which opened his eyes to the fun of voice acting<ref name="Aoni"/>. After "Galaxy Express 999," he was selected for a major role, and since then his roles have been connected one after another<ref name="Aoni"/>. He joined the ''Yaiba'' voice cast in 1993 as the voice of Musashi Miyamoto. He participated in ''Detective Conan'' for the first time in 1996 as the cuplrit in [[The Coded Map of the City Case\|episode 4: The Coded Map of the City Case]], and would play many one-time characters in the series. In December 2022, he gets his first notable role in ''Detective Conan'', in [[The First Target\|episode 12]] of the [[The Culprit Hanzawa Season 1\|Hanzawa the Criminal]] anime as the voice of Jirokichi Suzuki.

	He is a lecturer at the [[wikipedia:Osaka University of Arts\|Osaka University of Arts]], Department of Broadcasting, Voice Acting Course<ref>[http://www.osaka-geidai.ac.jp/geidai/departments/broadcasting/teacher.html Osaka University of Arts]</ref>. He is good friends with fellow voice actors Akira Kamiya ([[Kogoro Mouri]] in DC) and [[Ryo Horikawa]] ([[Heiji Hattori]] in DC and [[Takeshi Onimaru]] in Yaiba). His younger brother [[wikipedia:ja:佐藤公彦\|Kimihiko Sato]] (佐藤公彦, 1952-2017) was a singer.		He is a lecturer at the [[wikipedia:Osaka University of Arts\|Osaka University of Arts]], Department of Broadcasting, Voice Acting Course<ref>[http://www.osaka-geidai.ac.jp/geidai/departments/broadcasting/teacher.html Osaka University of Arts]</ref>. He is good friends with fellow voice actors Akira Kamiya ([[Kogoro Mouri]] in DC) and [[Ryo Horikawa]] ([[Heiji Hattori]] in DC and [[Takeshi Onimaru]] in Yaiba). His younger brother [[wikipedia:ja:佐藤公彦\|Kimihiko Sato]] (佐藤公彦, 1952-2017) was a singer.

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	He continued to act when he was a student at [[wikipedia:Komazawa University\|Komazawa University]]'s Faculty of Commerce<ref name="Aoni"/>, but dropped out of college to form a theater group, and after attending the Aoyama Sugisaku Memorial Actor Training School<ref name="Aoni"/>, he joined the theater company Sogen<ref name="Aoni"/>, where he worked part-time while working as a stage actor<ref name="A"/>. Later, [[Akira Kamiya]], who was a member of the same drama club at the same high school<ref>[https://twitter.com/kamiyaakira29/status/883272205638877185 Akira Kamiya Twitter]</ref> and had started voice acting, asked him if he would like to try it. He was married and went in for an interview without an exam, thinking that he will "give it a try," and joined Aoni Productions and began her career as a voice actor<ref name="A"/>,<ref name="Aoni"/>.		He continued to act when he was a student at [[wikipedia:Komazawa University\|Komazawa University]]'s Faculty of Commerce<ref name="Aoni"/>, but dropped out of college to form a theater group, and after attending the Aoyama Sugisaku Memorial Actor Training School<ref name="Aoni"/>, he joined the theater company Sogen<ref name="Aoni"/>, where he worked part-time while working as a stage actor<ref name="A"/>. Later, [[Akira Kamiya]], who was a member of the same drama club at the same high school<ref>[https://twitter.com/kamiyaakira29/status/883272205638877185 Akira Kamiya Twitter]</ref> and had started voice acting, asked him if he would like to try it. He was married and went in for an interview without an exam, thinking that he will "give it a try," and joined Aoni Productions and began her career as a voice actor<ref name="A"/>,<ref name="Aoni"/>.

	In the TV animation "[[wikipedia:Galaxy Express 999\|The Galaxy Express 999]]", that ran from 1978 to 1981, he was a regular on the show and had the opportunity to take on various roles, which opened his eyes to the fun of voice acting<ref name="Aoni"/>. After "Galaxy Express 999," he was selected for a major role, and since then his roles have been connected one after another<ref name="Aoni"/>. He joined the ''Yaiba'' voice cast in 1993 as the voice of Musashi Miyamoto. He participated in ''Detective Conan'' for the first time in 1996 as the cuplrit in [[The Coded Map of the City Case\|episode 4: The Coded Map of the City Case]], and would play many one-time characters in the series. In December 2022, he gets his first notable role in ''Detective Conan'', in [[The First Target\|episode 12]] of the [[The Culprit Hanzawa Season 1\|Hanzawa the Criminal]] anime as Jirokichi Suzuki.		In the TV animation "[[wikipedia:Galaxy Express 999\|The Galaxy Express 999]]", that ran from 1978 to 1981, he was a regular on the show and had the opportunity to take on various roles, which opened his eyes to the fun of voice acting<ref name="Aoni"/>. After "Galaxy Express 999," he was selected for a major role, and since then his roles have been connected one after another<ref name="Aoni"/>. He joined the ''Yaiba'' voice cast in 1993 as the voice of Musashi Miyamoto. He participated in ''Detective Conan'' for the first time in 1996 as the cuplrit in [[The Coded Map of the City Case\|episode 4: The Coded Map of the City Case]], and would play many one-time characters in the series. In December 2022, he gets his first notable role in ''Detective Conan'', in [[The First Target\|episode 12]] of the [[The Culprit Hanzawa Season 1\|Hanzawa the Criminal]] anime as the voice of Jirokichi Suzuki.

	He is a lecturer at the [[wikipedia:Osaka University of Arts\|Osaka University of Arts]], Department of Broadcasting, Voice Acting Course<ref>[http://www.osaka-geidai.ac.jp/geidai/departments/broadcasting/teacher.html Osaka University of Arts]</ref>. He is good friends with fellow voice actors Akira Kamiya ([[Kogoro Mouri]] in DC) and [[Ryo Horikawa]] ([[Heiji Hattori]] in DC and [[Takeshi Onimaru]] in Yaiba). His younger brother [[wikipedia:ja:佐藤公彦\|Kimihiko Sato]] (佐藤公彦, 1952-2017) was a singer.		He is a lecturer at the [[wikipedia:Osaka University of Arts\|Osaka University of Arts]], Department of Broadcasting, Voice Acting Course<ref>[http://www.osaka-geidai.ac.jp/geidai/departments/broadcasting/teacher.html Osaka University of Arts]</ref>. He is good friends with fellow voice actors Akira Kamiya ([[Kogoro Mouri]] in DC) and [[Ryo Horikawa]] ([[Heiji Hattori]] in DC and [[Takeshi Onimaru]] in Yaiba). His younger brother [[wikipedia:ja:佐藤公彦\|Kimihiko Sato]] (佐藤公彦, 1952-2017) was a singer.